7 Charged in Denver Target-Shooting Incident that Wounded Woman
Seven people were charged by police today with reckless endangerment in the wake of a target-shooting incident in late February that seriously wounded a woman inside her nearby home.
East Cocalico police today charged four men and three women who were shooting on February 28 from a second-floor deck of 830 South Ridge Road, according to a press release issued by the Lancaster County District Attorney’s office. One errant round traveled about 1,600 feet and struck 22-year-old Jamie Horning, who was seated inside a home at 553 Reinholds Road,
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The seven individuals fired multiple guns, apparently aiming at a tree stump in the yard of the property.
One errant round traveled about 1,600 feet and struck 22-year-old Jamie Horning, who was seated inside her home at 553 Reinholds Road, according to police. She was wounded in the neck and underwent emergency treatment. Eight other people at the Reinholds Road home weren’t injured.
Vernon G. Kurtz, 28, Denver; Kyle Sholly, 23, Denver; Wesley Melhuish, 24, Lebanon; Andrew Richards, 24, Denver; Brianna Rottmund, 20, Newmanstown; Tawny Kissinger, 26, Denver; Amy Dunn, 34, Denver, are each charged with 9 counts of reckless endangerment. Sholly and Richards live at the South Ridge Road home.
Police say the round that struck Horning traveled over a field, through or over a line of trees and into a window of 553 Reinholds Road.
East Cocalico police determined the group fired 10 different weapons: seven handguns and three rifles.
The group admitted to shooting over several hours, according to the release. The tree stump they fired upon had no backstop in place. No other safety precautions were taken.
East Cocalico police Detective Keith Neff filed the misdemeanor charges, approved by Assistant District Attorney Christopher Lechner. The seven charged were mailed summons to appear in court.
The investigation continues.